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28 listings on file

Welder programs in Washington

4 registered apprenticeships and 24 trade schools. Apprenticeships are listed first because they pay you while you train. That order is fixed and nobody can pay to change it.

What the job pays in Washington

$63,020median, per year

This is what welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn across Washington, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $53,750.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 51-4121 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

50-mile radius

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Washington is a big place. Enter your ZIP code to see Welder programs within 50 miles, paid apprenticeships first.

Enough on file to rank

Paid apprenticeships · 3

These pay you from day one. No tuition.

Name and place only

Also registered in Washington · 1

1 sponsor appears in the federal register for this trade. It records that they exist and where, and nothing about pay, cost or intake. To reach one, search its name on the apprenticeship.gov partner finder, or call your state apprenticeship office.

Price on file

Trade schools · 24

You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.

Requirements, the test, timing

How to actually get in

Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.

How to get into a welder apprenticeship

28 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.